From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard G Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Building 22.1, on Ubuntu Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:31:16 +0200 Message-ID: <4l7imyduff.fsf@googlemail.com> References: <85ejh9xz66.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85642lxtzj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <1qodgakzbc.fsf@googlemail.com> <85abrukxbi.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <95fy1mdvlm.fsf@googlemail.com> <85642ikvpi.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189468112 7859 80.91.229.12 (10 Sep 2007 23:48:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:48:32 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 11 09:48:19 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IUzU3-0004Hw-Mx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:44:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUrzh-0007ky-7I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:44:37 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Trace: individual.net /4vy8ZpoQRbvaPi0/LzUwQZA2jqPgFwpRulsPjseNqBFun6bdD X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news Cancel-Lock: sha1:Fl8OnroqvNU6kJAvVij+iueX1mY= sha1:F9MdJ++x4jvnm9HPNv6XS+oZy5w= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1.50.6 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:151952 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47458 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Richard G Riley writes: > >> David Kastrup writes: >> >>> In fact, the main complaint people have with the build procedure >>> appears to be that it _still_ builds something useful even in >>> severely limited build environments. >> >> I haven't see that complaint, I must admit. > > Then you have not followed the thread: Dave Pawson complained that the I have followed the thread. > Emacs he managed to compile with minimal libraries did not support > X11. And he complained over several iterations that what he compiled > seemed sub-par to him, because Emacs compiled something as good as > possible considering the available libraries. That and what you said might be interpreted differently. He got what he asked for. It was not what he WANTED, but it is what he asked for in terms of the compile input. A polite push in the right direction was then needed. I think this thread has indeed run it's length.